Design

CNC multi-axis grinding machines using NUM’s NUMROTOplus 3D simulation and control software are helping Miller Präzisionswerkzeuge GmbH to manufacture a new series of high-performance MAPAL-brand solid carbide twist drills. The new drill tools employ complex optimised profiles to accelerate cutting speeds.

The LORAN Software Radio Receiver is designed for long range navigation. Orchid Technologies selected the Texas Instruments TMS320C6713 floating point DSP processor for the four-channel LORAN receiver implementation.

Warrington Borough Council is providing travellers with Real Time Passenger Information (RTPI) on bus arrivals through a state-of-the-art system that will help both able bodied and disabled bus passengers. Designed to meet the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act, the system supplied by leading RTPI provider, Action Information Management (AIM), through a partnership with Interalia, a leading designer and manufacturer of digital voice announcement solutions, and Public Information Display designers and manufacturers, Densitron Ferrograph, has resulted in a revolutionary RTPI system that provides travellers with both visual and audio information.

The latest release of MapleNet from Maplesoft, the leading provider of high-performance software tools for mathematics, engineering and research, has been added to Adept Scientific’s Maple product suite.

Thomson Reuters bibliographic management software that includes EndNote Web and is used by millions of researchers, librarians and students worldwide, EndNote X3 for Mac OS X is now available from Adept Scientific.

Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading provider of technology and services that empowers client innovation and decision-making, announced today, that global automotive organisation, Ford Motor Company has continued to improve vehicle safety performance through the use of the HyperWorks simulation suite and the power of its solver solution, RADIOSS. By combining Ford’s engineering experience with the capabilities of HyperWorks has resulted in their new Fiesta range becoming a class leader for both occupant and pedestrian safety.

Field Precision 3D high-speed FEM simulation programs have run times measured in minutes. Applications for Windows computers include high-voltage engineering, magnet design, electron guns and X-ray devices.

Altium is hosting a free webinar demonstrating how electronics designers, with no prior experience, can develop and test sophisticated systems using FPGAs. The webinar takes place on September 22, 2009, 2pm EDT, 11am PDT, 6pm GMT.

Altium will be challenging electronics designers to look at news ways of using programmable devices at the centre of their designs at the 19th International Conference on Field Programmable Logic and Applications.

Adept Scientific has announced the release of Easy-PC Version 13, the popular printed circuit board and schematic design system, by Number One Systems (Tewkesbury, Glos).